Parents and Grandparents of Beethoven

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This is a short essential coverage on Beethoven’s ancestry, who they were, where this family of musicians came from. Let’s dive in!   As far as the family’s history is traceable (beginning of the seventeenth century) the Beethovens came from a Belgian village near Louvain. The family name originally was written as Biethoffen, meaning Beet-garden in English. |Related: What does Beethoven’s …

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The cultural legacy of Beethoven

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A master, a giant, an extraordinary talent, the Messiah of music, a genius, the best, the most influential. Some labels that are likely to describe Ludwig van Beethoven, when we read articles about him. What was he? How important was this composer in the line of remarkable musicians? This article is about Beethoven’s footprint he left behind on music and …

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